


Disable Students Unsubmitting & Resubmitting Assignment in Google Classroom.Disable Emailing Collaborators in Docs Editors.Disable Changing Background in Google Meet.Disable Joining by Phone in Google Meet.Remove Inappropriate Functions in Google Sheets.Disable Inserting Image By URL in Docs Editors.Prevent Students from Sending Feedback in G Suite.Block Email as Attachment in Google Docs.Hide the People tab in Google Classroom.Prevent Students from Publishing Google Docs to Web.Prevent Students from Adding People to Google Meet.Disable Chat in Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drawings.Disable Link Preview Feature in Docs, Slides and Drawings.Remove Inappropriate Emojis in Gmail, Chat, and Docs.Block YouTube Video Search in Google Workspace (Slides, Forms, Hangouts, Classroom and Sites).How to disable explore tool in Google Docs and Slides.How to Disable the Explore feature in Docs and Slides?.How to Disable Dictionary in Google Docs?.Remove Default Templates in Google Docs.Block Image Searching in Google Docs Editors.Restricting Companion Mode is OFF by default. Teachers with this feature have more control over their online classroom. So, we have seen that with Safe Doc how easy it is to Disable Companion mode in Google Meet. If you have deployed Safe Doc and read Safe Doc Configuration article, add the following policy BlockMeetCompanionMode and set the value to true to disable the Companion Mode feature on students' Chrome browsers. Students in the organizational unit where Safe Doc is enabled are restricted to present on the screen. Safe Doc removes the 'Companion Mode' button in the waiting room of Google Meet Who's impacted? Safe Doc removes the Companion Mode button permanently for all meetings. This can annoy the teacher who might want all of their student’s video and audio to be turned on. However, students can just join the meeting only with companion mode, therefore not be required to turn their cameras and microphones on. This feature is meant for students to have a second screen while being in the meeting but not have the infinite echo loop by not allowing the microphone and video to be turned on.

In the waiting room of Google Meet, there is a “Use Companion Mode” button under the “Join now” button. Let's see why it is important to turn off companion mode in Google Meet. If you have yet to install Safe Doc, apply for a 30 days trial. This article explains how Safe Doc disables the join with Companion Mode feature in Google Meet. Teachers cannot easily turn this feature off. One of its features is that students can join with “Companion Mode”, which doesn’t require them to turn on their cameras or microphones. Google Meet is widely used in remote learning.
